Scholars working in the fields of memory studies, peace and conflict studies, human rights, and post-conflict are invited to attend an interdisciplinary symposium on Conflict, Memory, and Reconciliation. This symposium will provide a forum for academic exchange, dialogue, debate, and public engagement on topics that are critical to the future of the world.
Come to Kigali, Rwanda to present your work, share your research, and generate knowledge in the fields of memory, reconciliation, and conflict transformation. The Symposium is hosted by SIT, January 10 – 13, 2012.
Call for Proposals: Scholars and practitioners in the fields of memory, reconciliation, and conflict transformation are invited to submit proposals for sessions on themes included but not limited to the following:
- Collective, public, social, and shared memory
- The ethics of remembering and forgetting
- Commemoration and remembrance
- Genocide memory
- Cultural memory and heritage
- Oral history and the culture of the witness
- Memory and the politics of identity
- Politics of memory and denial
- Civil society and dealing with shared violent pasts
- The pedagogy and ethics of teaching memory to diverse international cohorts
We welcome additional topics from a variety of case studies of conflict and post-conflict societies, dealing with shared violent pasts. Please be creative and collaborative. Panels can be on a specific theme or case study discussed. The objective is to explore together the meeting points of memory studies and of post conflict, peacebuilding, and reconciliation studies, and generate knowledge about the pedagogy and ethics in teaching post-conflict in a study abroad setting.
Formats:
We welcome individual paper proposals and complete panel or round table proposals on themes related to the Symposium. Abstracts should not exceed 350 words and include the main argument, the material used, and disciplinary discussions involved.
Submission guidelines:
Abstracts should be sent by June 1, 2011 to Robin Bitters, Director of Institutional Projects via symposium@sit.edu. Please include your name, college or university affiliation, address, email, and phone. As noted above, abstracts should not exceed 350 words and include the main argument, the material used, and disciplinary discussions involved.
Structure of the conference:
- Symposium:
Presentation of papers with focus on theorization, interdisciplinary research, various case studies.
- Educational excursion:
Site visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial with focus on pedagogy of teaching memory, peacebuilding, reconciliation, and social justice.
- Discussion and dialogue:
Ethics and pedagogy of teaching memory.
More details:
We will be making available more details soon at http://www.sit.edu/symposium.
Online registration will be available in June 2011.
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Call for Journal Proposals on "Museums, Memorials and Sites of Conscience"
Title: Call for Journal Proposals on "Museums, Memorials and Sites of Conscience"
Visible to: Accredited Sites, Asia, Africa, Europe, Immigration, Russia, Latin America, Environment
Category: Announcements
NAME (the National Association for Museum Exhibition) is seeking article proposals for the Fall 2011 issue of its journal, Exhibitionist, on the theme “museums, memorials, and sites of conscience.”
Editor Gretchen Jennings writes that the journal is particularly interested in through case studies and analyses of
The emergence of museums and memorials in the United States and around the world that commemorate human suffering and injustice
Challenges faced by museum professionals, particularly those in the exhibition development field, in creating effective exhibitions, public spaces, and programs.
Challenges might involve:
History and geography: can this story be told at this time in this place?
If not, why not; if so how?
Point of view: from whose perspective(s) will the story be told?
Audience: who is the intended/appropriate audience?
Mission: is the institution for reflection; for raising social consciousness; for inspiring action; all or some of these?
Design: Are there common design/programmatic features as well as new ideas for engaging visitors with these difficult topics?
Abstracts (maximum 250 words) are due by APRIL 22. Briefly describe your article; how it relates to issue theme; your background/qualifications for writing the article. Abstracts are vetted by the NAME editorial advisory board and authors notified of acceptance or non/acceptance within several weeks.
First drafts (maximum 2,400 words) are due June 24 and final drafts by July 31, 2011.
Contact: Gretchen Jennings, Editor, NAME .
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is sponsoring two classes this summer at the UMass Amherst Center for Heritage and Society.
Learn strategies for exploring social justice issues at a heritage site and how to turn painful history into an opportunity for community collaboration and dialogue.
http://www.umassulearn.net/classes/summer-2011?view=listing&sids=78
The best part? Both classes will be offered online, so you can participate from anywhere.
Program Director Sarah Pharaon’s course, “Introduction to Sites of Conscience: Addressing Social Issues at Heritage Sites and Making the Past Matter,” will discuss best practices and program strategies from Sites of Conscience around the world.
Project Consultant and former Director Liz Sevcenko’s course, “From Controversy to Community Engagement: How to Turn Disputes into Dialogue,” will look at how sites can serve as forums for the public to gain historical perspective on difficult contemporary questions. These classes are offered during different sessions so you’ll have the opportunity to take both.
Read more about both courses here: http://www.umass.edu/chs/courses/online.html.
Registration is now open – visit http://www.umassulearn.net/classes/summer-2011?view=listing&sids=78.
UMass Amherst’s International Heritage Studies Online Program provides training to graduate students in heritage-related fields and professionals engaged in heritage administration.
It places emphasis on economic sustainability, community engagement, local identity and social development.
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